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The Vancouver Canuck were doing just fine recently on an impressive winning streak until Carey Price came along.
On Tuesday night the Canucks had their six-game streak snapped by Price, a British Columbia native, in his sixth career shut out. The Montreal Canadiens netminder stopped 31 shots en route to a 2-0 victory Habs win and Vancouver's first regulation loss since Oct. 19.
The victory gave Montreal their 18th and 19th points of the year, enough to vault them to the top of the Northeast Division and third place in the East.
All-Star defenceman Andrei Markov scored his first goal of the season on the night, as well as Roman Hamrlik, improving the team record to 9-5-1. With the loss the Canucks would fall to 8-4-2.
It was a battle of the league's best and worst power plays, but the Canucks failed to exploit their advantage. In four power play attempts, the world class Vancouver man advantage was held scoreless.
According to the Bodog Sportsbook, the Montreal Canadiens have 25/1 odds of winning the Stanley Cup. After last season's heroic run to the Eastern Conference Finals as an eighth seed, anything is possible for the club in 2011.
The Vancouver Canucks have 8/1 odds of winning the Cup thanks to goaltender Roberto Luongo and the continued dominance of Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin.
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On Saturday night the Flyers topped the New York Islanders by a score of 2-1, it was Bobrovsky's sixth consecutive victory, tying an NHL rookie record. Over the course of his 10 games with the Flyers since taking over for injured goaltender Michael Leighton, Bobrovsky has won eight games.
So far Bobrovsky has posted a GAA of 2.21 and a save percentage of .927, two very impressive numbers for an unproven player in his first season as a pro.
The Flyers have, along with their rookie goalie, enjoyed success early on in the 2010-11 season. After Saturday's win the team sits in first place in the entire Eastern Conference with 19 points. Only the Los Angeles Kings have more (20).
Between their heroic run to the Stanley Cup Finals as a seventh-seed last spring and their rapid rise to the top of the Eastern Conference so far this year, one would expect the team to have a legitimate shot at the title in 2011. According to the Bodog Sportsbook the Flyers have 15/1 odds of winning the Stanley Cup.